Oh SO Close!!!

At a little over seven months, our little Ford on the cusp of a number of major milestones. While they may not seem all that special, when you take a moment to think about it each of these are truly giant leaps towards independence.

·         His first pearly white is almost here - we are days away from finally seeing the first specs of white from Ford’s first tooth. The skin has broken and from what he will allow us to feel, this first little tooth is going to be a sharp one!!! He has been a trooper and hopefully all that drooling and gnawing will pay off very soon… solid food here we come.

·         Our little rolly polly will soon be a crawler – while rolling from one side of the room to the other has been effective, it appears that Ford is ready to graduate onto crawling. He has perfected what we call the “belly flop crawl” which consists of getting up on all fours, rocking back and forth and then making a giant lurch forward. This weekend we caught him practicing actually moving his knees and arms in the right sequence and propelling himself forward. This clearly caught him off guard and we are praying we have a few more days before he realizes that he can crawl, as we have some serious baby proofing to do!

·         Waving “Bye Bye” – right now it is not much more than the clenching and releasing of his right fist, but Ford is trying so hard! He will watch you make the motion and then stare at his hand as he tries to mimic your action. His concentration is intense and I cannot help but think that he understands that in addition to gaining praise from those who witness his new little trick, waving bye bye will be one of his first attempts at communication.

As I write this post I cannot help but think that before we know it Ford will be getting braces, running the bases at his first baseball game and waving “bye bye” as he heads off to college. Everyone said that they grow up too quick and I have to agree. While it breaks my heart to think about him growing up it is so amazing to have a front row seat for the growth and development of another human being. We were all babies once and we all take for granted the amazing transformation from total dependence to independence that takes place in such a short amount of time. God is so good and life is such a miracle!!!